Creating a CNAME record for each of the domain addresses or subdomains that you've got within a hosting account will enable you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all of its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the Internet domain it is being forwarded to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party provider and retain a working email service with the first hosting provider. It is also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number because it is commonly confused with the A record of the domain name being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain name you own through one provider to the servers of another company if you have set up an Internet site with the latter. This way, the website will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.
CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which our company offers with each and every Linux shared web hosting, will enable you to set up CNAME records for any domain or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few clicks. If you aren't confident how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available within the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, though it is not likely you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, input the hostname that you're forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control of your domains and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this sort of records effortlessly.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will enable you to set up a CNAME record with ease. In case you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to forward a domain address to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain to another company and use some third-party service which they provide, it will not take you more than 3 mouse clicks to set up this type of record. All DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the CP, so once you are there, all you will have to do will be to select the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then enter the actual record text. For your benefit, you can watch a short video in the CP about how to create a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.